| Erwin Bergdoll | |||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 24 June 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll (June 24, 1890 – March 21, 1965)[1] was an American racing driver who competed during the formative years of auto racing. He competed in AAA-sanctioned Championship Cars as well as in the American Grand Prize.[2]
Bergdoll was born into a wealthy brewing family.[3] For a period of time his racing activities were managed by fellow Philadelphian Willie Haupt.[4]
Bergdoll, along with his younger brother Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, dodged the draft during World War I. While Grover escaped to Germany, Erwin Bergdoll was apprehended and spent three years in prison.
A resident of Haddon Heights, New Jersey, Bergdoll died on March 21, 1965, at Cooper University Hospital at the age of 74.[5]